SOLUTION: A piece of wire 40cm long is to be cut into two pieces. One piece will be bent to form a circle; the other will be bent to form a square. Find the lengths of the two pieces that ca

Question 939075: A piece of wire 40cm long is to be cut into two pieces. One piece will be bent to form a circle; the other will be bent to form a square. Find the lengths of the two pieces that cause the sum of the area of the circle and square to be a minimum.
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A piece of wire 40cm long is to be cut into two pieces.
One piece will be bent to form a circle; the other will be bent to form a square.
Find the lengths of the two pieces that cause the sum of the area of the circle and square to be a minimum.
:
We know that the circumference of the circle + the perimeter of the square = 40
Let x = the circumference of the circle
Find r in terms of x

r =
,
therefore
A = = = is the area of the circle
:
(40-x) = the perimeter of the square
then
= one side of the square
and
= the area of the square
:
Total Area
A(x) = +
Graph this equation

Put this equation into my graphing calc, min occurs when x = 17.6 cm is the piece to make the circle
therefore the piece of wire to make the square is 40 - 17.6 = 22.4 cm
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